This eBook is based on workshop materials from our “How to build your own pentest lab” online course. It does not include everything the course did - obviously, we had to leave out all videos and graded assignments. While the text is all here, the videos do teach extra information, show other types of scans and go deeper into some programs and vulnerabilities. We believe that this eBook is great for setting up the basics, but if you would like to learn more, please consider joining the course.

Build your own PenTest lab - we mean it! With this eBook, you decide on your configuration! Want to scan BeeBox with Kali using VMPlayer? Great, here's a step-by-step. Feel more like scanning Metasploitable with Ubuntu running on VirtualBox? That's here too. Mix and match, or get all of them, your choice.

Described in this eBook:
- Installation and usage of BOTH VMPlayer and VirualBox
- Installation and usage of BOTH Kali Linux and Ubuntu
- Installation and usage of BOTH Metasploitable and BeeBox vulnerable machines

Your instructor:

Paul Janes, CISSP, GIAC – GISP, is an Information Security Analyst at Corning Incorporated with over 19 years of experience in IT Security, (DLP) Data Loss Prevention, Project Management and Server Management. He has been involved in creating his own ethical hacking lab and enhancing his skills as an ethical hacker.

Course format:

The course is self-paced – you can visit the training whenever you want and your content will be there.

18 CPE points

Once you’re in, you keep access forever, even when you finish the course.

There are no deadlines, except for the ones you set for yourself.

We designed the course so that a diligent student will need about 18 hours of work to complete the training.